A baseball leaves the bat with a speed of 44.0 m/s and an angle of 30.0° above the horizontal. A 4.0-m high fence is located at a horizontal distance of 132 m from the point where the ball is struck. Assuming the ball leaves the bat 1.0 m above ground level, by how much does the ball clear the fence?
a. 18.9 m
c. 9.8 m
b. 14.4 m
d. 5.4 m
B
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